New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-03
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
ENGLAND CALM IN THE PRESENCE OF A
GREAT PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS.
TnE OPPOSITION SURPRISED AT THE GOVERNMENT
STRENGTH AND FIRMNEss-sCENEs IN THE
HOUsE-ART EXHIBITION UNDER Mr..
wnIsTLEIs AUSPICES LIT
ERAEY -;OrES.
lBY CABLE 10 TIE TRIBUNE. ]


London, April 1.-The majority of 1os by
which Closure was carried last night signifies the
opinion of the House of Commons on the obstruc-
tiOn tactics of the Opposition. Coercion rouses no
enthusiasm, yet the Ministry succeeded in ralylng
q majority one-iifth greater than last week. Mr..
w. ii. Smith has shown much courage in the face
of violent attacks, and that also helps. Nor was
last nights debate of character to supply pre-
text for prOlonsing discussion. Mr.. Parnclls
speech was the only one on that side of any real
force There has been four nights debate on the
motion for leave TO introduce, though a bill is
usually unopposcd at this stage The opportuni
ties for further speeches the second reading and
IN committee will be ample. The zeal meaning of
this wish for more talk is Of course desire to de-
lay bill which its opponents believe to be preg'
nant with mischief All means seem to them
righteous for righteous end.
The Ministerial frmncss, the Liboral-t nlonst
loyalty to The Government and The readiness OF
the whole allied party TO sacrifice the holidays and
sit till the bill is passed. surprise Mr. Gladstone
and Mr.. PANEL equally The efficiency OF The
Closure and the case with which it is applied also
surprise item. The country thus far seems slightly
apathetic in the presence of vehement denuncla-
lions of Coercion in Parliament and the press.
Meetings are held and party machinery is in mo-
Won, but the crisis is far more intense at West
minster than elsewhere
The scene last night when, after the Closure was
carried, Mr.. Gladstone walked out of the House
was amongst the most dramatic ever witnessed
Ills colleagues. the whole Gadsonian party and
the Parnelntes all followed leaving only Mr.. Dill
wyn to utter solitary NO when the Speaker
nut the question on Tie first reading of the last
Coercion bin.
The collision between the Speaker and Sir Will
lam Uarcourt on Thursday evening was net the
first in which Sir William HarcOurt has
had the feeling of the House strongly against him.
lrbe Sneaker acquitted him of intending the in-
knuation against himself. The House did
not acauit him. his incident doubtless
strepghthens Mr.. Gladstones forebodings of an
important change in the existing relations
between the House aud the Speaker
These Mr. Gladstone expresses publicly
and privately He foresees that frequent
appeal Tor the Speakers sanction TO motion
for closing debate will strain the relations between
him and the minority perhaps impair his author
ity. and certainly diminish the Difference hitherto
shown him. Then, when the minority irritated oy
freouent suppression, comes back majority after
a general election, they will lie in no mood to
re-elect the same Speaker as the custom
has been; so that the House will drift into
the American practice and each party will elect its
own Sneaker as each finds itself in majority. The
Tory view of Sir w. Harcourts attack is that 1t
was meant to ntimidate the Speaker into refusing
sanction to the Closure. For the first time IN Par
hamentary history cries of Down with the Speak
err were heard last evening from the same
men who were wildly cheering Nr. Gladstone as
he walked out of the House, vet the Speakers I'M
partialily, liberation and frmness have been ad-
nirable throughout
The new Land bill introduced in the House OF
Lords IS measure which, in other times, the IRISH
members would hail as boon 1t eU5odles some pro-
visions which Mr.. Parnell has often demanded. III
admits lease holders to the benefit of the Act OF lse
discourages evictIons and empowers county courts
to make things easy for the tenants; but MI Far
nell is in no mood to accept any remedial legisla-
ton III company with coercion.
"The Saturday Review" to-day publishes an
offensive article on the Canadian fisheries ques-
tieu full of its usual bitterness toward
America concluding with the remark that
Americans are striving TO fasten quarrel OH
an UNCONSCIOUS nation. This IS one OF
very few discreditable exceptions to the general
rule observed on this question by the English press
aud is intended perhaps as a welcome to the Amerl-
can Minister who with Mrs. Phelps arrived IN Lon
don Thursday evening from Monte Carlo
The Society of British Artists opens its galleries
in Sufolk-st. to-day for private view. This
Is the siXty-iourth annual eXhlbl1oh
of the society aud the second or third under the
presidency of Mr.. Whistler, who has done much TO
revive public interest in the society. The galleries
are coored brown and gold. with delicate hang
ings with canopy beneath the skylght so ar
ranged that while the spectator stands IN
the shadow the pictures are in iull light
The pictures are collected in groups with due
regard to their effect each the other with ample
snoce for each. The exhibition contains many
stukinp examples of the new tendency in younger
English artists Some Of them are obviously work
ing under French influences. some under Dutch, and
some under Mr.. Wbistlers but there IS much
originality and much sincerity.
Many protests against the prevailing monotony
of conventional work are visible at the Royal
Academy Mr. Whistler sends five of his own
works. includnga remarkable full length portrait
fine example Of harmony in color. and brilliant
nocturne in blue aud gold of Valparaiso Bay.
Among other exhibitors Messrs Jacomb' HOOD,
Grace. and Aubrey Hunt well represent the varying
talents of the new schools
The Pail Mall Gazette, though aware that Mr..
Rider Haggard is in Egypt, continues to
attack him while hc cannot reply and returns
70 the charge that "She" is piagiailzed from
Moore's "Epicurean." Messrs Longmans and Mrs.
Haggard have already stated that Mr. Hag-
card has never read "The Epicurean" yet